October 7, 2022

October 7th is the 278th day of the year. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year.

It’s the final weekend for the farmers markets in Wallaceburg and Ridgetown.

On Saturdaythe Wallaceburg Farmers Market is open 8am-noon in the municipal parking lot on James St.

Also Saturday, Ridgetown wraps up their season with a Farmers Market Saturday 8-noon. The market is held on Main St.

The Lotto Max jackpot keeps growing.

No winner on Tuesday night, so the jackpot for tonight stays at $70 million and adds 56 $1 million MAXMILLIONS prizes.

Tickets are available online or in store until 10:30pm on draw nights.

Monday is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.

An act of parliament in 1957 made the 2nd Monday in October ‘a day of general thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed’.

Many historians believe the first North American Thanksgiving event occurred in Newfoundland in 1578. That would put it 43 years before the Pilgrims landing in Massachusetts in 1621.

It became an annual Canadian tradition in 1879, celebrated on the same day as the USA. It was later moved ahead to reflect the earlier harvest season.

A Thanksgiving weekend tradition, the Brigden Fair opens today until Monday.

Admission is $10, elementary students are free. Lots of free parking. Opens at 9am this morning and runs until Monday.

Find out more at BrigdenFair.ca.

Click here for a full schedule.

The long weekend forecast gets better.

According to Environment Canada the temps will dip today, down to a high of 12 with clouds and rain for most of the day. But temperatures gradually get better for the rest of the weekend. Sunshine for Saturday, Sunday and Thanksgiving Monday with highs starting at 14 tomorrow, and climbing to 18 by Monday afternoon.

The Weather Network says a shot of Arctic air will make its way across several northern Ontario areas bringing for snow over the Thanksgiving long weekend.

Temperatures enough to bring wet flurries and light snow to areas like Peawanuck, Dryden, and Temiskaming Shores. Snowfall amounts will be minimal as the still-warm ground will likely prevent any accumulation from sticking around.

Categorised in: 5 Things You Need To Know

This post was written by Chris McLeod